| Roles | Referee |
|---|---|
| Sex | Male |
| Full name | Samuel "Sam"•Hays |
| Used name | Sam•Hays |
| Born | 18 May 1898 in Belfast, Northern Ireland (GBR) |
| Died | 1981 in Lisburn, Northern Ireland (GBR) |
| NOC |  Ireland |
Sam Hays served in the British Army in World War I with the Labour Corps of the Leinster Regiment, fighting at the Battle of the Somme in 1916. His brother Archibald was killed in action the following year. After his days in the Army, Sam had a long police career, joining the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) in 1925. An all-round sportsman, he represented the Army and RUC at football and played rugby for Donore RUFC.
Hays first got involved with boxing in 1915 and in a near lifetime in the sport served as a referee, judge, and secretary of the Ulster Boxing Council of the Irish ABA. He was also a coach at the De La Salle Boxing Club in Belfast. Hays started refereeing in 1939 and went on to officiate in many bouts around the United Kingdom and across Europe, including the 1960 Roma (Rome) Olympics.
After retiring from the police force in 1955, where he reached the rank of head constable (equivalent to chief inspector), Hays became an accident investigator for an insurance company. In October 1971, Hays’ Belfast home was destroyed in a bomb blast during the Northern Ireland troubles. Hays was away in England with an Antrim boxing team at the time, but his wife and daughter were injured in the blast. Hays’ son Archie also served in the RUC and was an assistant chief constable when he retired.
| Games | Sport (Discipline) / Event | NOC / Team | Phase | Unit | Role | As | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 Summer Olympics | Boxing | IRL |
Sam Hays | ||||
| Flyweight, Men (Olympic) | Match 1/2 | Gyula Török — Sergey Sivko | Judge #2 | ||||
| Flyweight, Men (Olympic) | Match #1 | Sergey Sivko — Kiyoshi Tanabe | Judge #3 | ||||
| Flyweight, Men (Olympic) | Match #1 | Kiyoshi Tanabe — Mircea Dobrescu | Judge #3 | ||||
| Flyweight, Men (Olympic) | Match #4 | Sergey Sivko — Antoine Porcel | Referee | ||||
| Flyweight, Men (Olympic) | Match #6 | Gyula Török — Rocky Gattellari | Judge #2 | ||||
| Flyweight, Men (Olympic) | Match #4 | Kiyoshi Tanabe — Isaac Aryee | Judge #3 | ||||
| Flyweight, Men (Olympic) | Match #8 | Antoine Porcel — Ralph Knoesen | Judge #2 | ||||
| Flyweight, Men (Olympic) | Match #12 | Gyula Török — Eusebio Mesa | Referee | ||||
| Flyweight, Men (Olympic) | Match #16 | Paolo Curcetti — Jo Horny | Judge #5 | ||||
| Bantamweight, Men (Olympic) | Match #1 | Oleg Grigoryev — Brunon Bendig | Judge #1 | ||||
| Bantamweight, Men (Olympic) | Match #4 | Primo Zamparini — Jerry Armstrong | Judge #4 | ||||
| Bantamweight, Men (Olympic) | Match #4 | Horst Rascher — József Nagy | Judge #1 | ||||
| Bantamweight, Men (Olympic) | Match #5 | Jan de Rooij — Yuan Sze-Ho | Judge #3 | ||||
| Bantamweight, Men (Olympic) | Match #7 | József Nagy — Jean Parra | Judge #5 | ||||
| Bantamweight, Men (Olympic) | Match #16 | Jerry Armstrong — Gang Chun-Won | Judge #2 | ||||
| Featherweight, Men (Olympic) | Match #2 | Jerzy Adamski — Ernst Chervet | Judge #1 | ||||
| Featherweight, Men (Olympic) | Match #1 | William Meyers — Hsu Teng-Yun | Judge #5 | ||||
| Featherweight, Men (Olympic) | Match #7 | Francesco Musso — Song Sun-Cheon | Judge #5 | ||||
| Featherweight, Men (Olympic) | Match #1 | William Meyers — Than Tun | Judge #1 | ||||
| Featherweight, Men (Olympic) | Match #4 | Ernst Chervet — Vicente Saldívar | Judge #1 | ||||
| Featherweight, Men (Olympic) | Match #5 | Juan Díaz — Danny Males | Referee | ||||
| Featherweight, Men (Olympic) | Match #12 | Francesco Musso — Miloslav Paunović | Judge #4 | ||||
| Lightweight, Men (Olympic) | Match #2 | Sandro Lopopolo — Abel Laudonio | Judge #5 | ||||
| Lightweight, Men (Olympic) | Match #3 | Abel Laudonio — Vilikton Barannikov | Judge #1 | ||||
| Lightweight, Men (Olympic) | Match #2 | Ferenc Kellner — Yasuyuki Ito | Judge #2 | ||||
| Lightweight, Men (Olympic) | Match #5 | Vilikton Barannikov — Iosif Mihalic | Judge #1 | ||||
| Lightweight, Men (Olympic) | Match #2 | Eddie Blay — Gualberto Gutiérrez | Judge #5 | ||||
| Lightweight, Men (Olympic) | Match #5 | Harry Lempio — Noureddine Dziri | Judge #5 | ||||
| Lightweight, Men (Olympic) | Match #16 | Sandro Lopopolo — Stoffel Steyn | Judge #5 | ||||
| Lightweight, Men (Olympic) | Match #32 | Sandro Lopopolo — Johnny Bolang | Judge #1 | ||||
| Light-Welterweight, Men (Olympic) | Match #1 | Bohumil Němeček — Quincey Daniels | Judge #3 | ||||
| Light-Welterweight, Men (Olympic) | Match #2 | Bohumil Němeček — Piero Brandi | Judge #2 | ||||
| Light-Welterweight, Men (Olympic) | Match #5 | Vladimir Engibaryan — Willie Ludick | Referee | ||||
| Light-Welterweight, Men (Olympic) | Match #2 | Sayed El-Nahas — Mohamed Rizgalla | Judge #4 | ||||
| Light-Welterweight, Men (Olympic) | Match #8 | Piero Brandi — Katsuji Watanabe | Referee | ||||
| Light-Welterweight, Men (Olympic) | Match #11 | György Pál — Azouz Bechir | Judge #5 | ||||
| Light-Welterweight, Men (Olympic) | Match #16 | Kim Deuk-Bong — Raoul Sarrazin | Judge #4 | ||||
| Welterweight, Men (Olympic) | Match 1/2 | Nino Benvenuti — Yury Radonyak | Judge #2 | ||||
| Welterweight, Men (Olympic) | Match #1 | Yury Radonyak — Joseph Lartey | Judge #1 | ||||
| Welterweight, Men (Olympic) | Match #5 | Shishman Mitsev — Omrane Sadok | Referee | ||||
| Welterweight, Men (Olympic) | Match #6 | Nino Benvenuti — Kim Gi-Su | Judge #2 | ||||
| Welterweight, Men (Olympic) | Match #6 | Ghasem Yavarkandi — Alfredo Cornejo | Judge #1 | ||||
| Welterweight, Men (Olympic) | Match #8 | Des Duguid — Dharmasiri Weerakoon | Judge #4 | ||||
| Welterweight, Men (Olympic) | Match #10 | Shishman Mitsev — Aurelio González | Judge #5 | ||||
| Welterweight, Men (Olympic) | Match #14 | Vasile Neagu — Floyd Moseley | Judge #4 | ||||
| Light-Middleweight, Men (Olympic) | Match #1 | Wilbert McClure — Celedonio Lima | Referee | ||||
| Light-Middleweight, Men (Olympic) | Match #3 | Boris Lagutin — Alhassan Brimah | Referee | ||||
| Light-Middleweight, Men (Olympic) | Match #10 | Souleymane Diallo — Dragoslav Jakovljević | Judge #3 | ||||
| Middleweight, Men (Olympic) | Match #2 | Tadeusz Walasek — Yevgeny Feofanov | Judge #3 | ||||
| Middleweight, Men (Olympic) | Match #1 | Ion Monea — Vasil Paparizov | Judge #4 | ||||
| Middleweight, Men (Olympic) | Match #4 | Eddie Crook — Peter Odhiambo | Referee | ||||
| Middleweight, Men (Olympic) | Match #6 | Yevgeny Feofanov — Carlos Lucas | Judge #1 | ||||
| Middleweight, Men (Olympic) | Match #9 | Luigi Napoleoni — Moustafa Ben Lahbib | Judge #2 | ||||
| Middleweight, Men (Olympic) | Match #12 | Yevgeny Feofanov — Yoland Levèque | Judge #5 | ||||
| Middleweight, Men (Olympic) | Match #16 | Frik van Rooyen — Egon Rusch | Judge #3 | ||||
| Light-Heavyweight, Men (Olympic) | Match #2 | Zbigniew Pietrzykowski — Giulio Saraudi | Judge #2 | ||||
| Light-Heavyweight, Men (Olympic) | Match #4 | Zbigniew Pietrzykowski — Petar Spasov | Judge #3 | ||||
| Light-Heavyweight, Men (Olympic) | Match #7 | Zbigniew Pietrzykowski — Emil Willer | Judge #1 | ||||
| Heavyweight, Men (Olympic) | Match 1/2 | Franco De Piccoli — Daan Bekker | Judge #3 | ||||
| Heavyweight, Men (Olympic) | Match #2 | Daan Bekker — Günter Siegmund | Judge #3 | ||||
| Heavyweight, Men (Olympic) | Match #2 | Franco De Piccoli — Andrey Abramov | Judge #2 | ||||
| Heavyweight, Men (Olympic) | Match #6 | Vasile Mariuțan — Joseph Syoz | Judge #3 |
